Hiding from a society that is always watching isn’t a very smart idea. It is also almost impossible to do, yet we always root for the people who try and break the crazy rules society has set up for them. Winston’s apartment and his diary act as an escape for him from society and they add to his character. Winston acts as any main character in a dystopian story would: he doesn’t believe what society is trying to tell him. He also doesn’t want to follow the rules established for him. He is constantly told that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 3), but he has found a place where Big Brother can’t find him. He uses the little alcove in his apartment as a place to hide and write in his illegal diary. He is one of the only people, if not the
